Thursday, 27 September 2007

What do you think of theology? Do you think its just for the profs and preachers?

For many theology is a turn off, and the emphasis is on experience - as if you could divorce the two. When feelings are in, and thinking is out, the devil has the run of the pitch.

And yet good theology aids worship, work, witness and welfare. Without it we lose our moorings and we are all at sea, tossed this way and that by the latest trend in thinking, or what our latest feelings are - my mind goes to at least one popular writer who seems to start with what he feels and work his theology out from there! And when asked to answer certain questions, to clarify what has been said, cannot give a straight answer.

Doesn't sound like Paul or the Bible to me.

It was Jude (v3)who spoke about the need to 'earnestly contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.' It seems like we have forgotten what 'once for all,' 'delivered' and 'the faith' means, and that today everything is up for review, so that after nearly 2000 years we are just now beginning to discover what the message of Jesus really was and what he really did!

About Me

I worked for many years in garden/landscape, and during a large part of that time have served in various aspects of ministry in a number of churches i.e. children's work, evangelism, leading worship, an elder in the UR Church, Kings Community Church, South Kent Community Church and for several years full time lead elder of Ashford Community Church. The ministry of the Word has taken me to Romania, Kenya, and Goma in the DRC.

Following the merger of ACC with Gateway Church Ashford at the beginning of 2011 my focus has been on Biblical Studies (WordPlus/teaching etc) and as an administrator. In July 2013 I became an elder at Gateway.

My passion is to unpack and present the timeless truth of the Bible to a 21st century world. The views expressed here are my own and not necessarily those of Gateway.